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Walt Disney Co's Lucasfilm studio said on
Wednesday it would no longer work with her after she posted on
Instagram drawing parallels between persecution of Jews in Nazi
Germany and the treatment of people who hold conservative
political views today.
The Daily Wire said Carano will produce and star in an upcoming
film exclusively for subscribers to its website, which was
co-founded by conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro.
In a statement on the site, Carano said she was sending a
message of hope to everyone living in fear of cancellation by
what she called "the totalitarian mob."
"I have only just begun using my voice which is now freer than
ever before ... They can't cancel us if we don't let them."
Carano also came under fire for posts on Twitter in November in
which she derided mask-wearing amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and
for promoting baseless claims of voter fraud after the U.S.
presidential election.
Quoting sources, the Hollywood Reporter said Lucasfilm had been
going to unveil Carano as the star of her own Disney+ series
during a December investor's day presentation but scrapped those
plans following her November tweets.
A Disney spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request
for comment on that report.
Shapiro said The Daily Wire aimed to "provide an alternative not
just for consumers, but for creators who refuse to bow to the
mob."
"We're just as eager to show Hollywood that if they want to keep
cancelling those who think differently, they'll just be helping
us build the X-wing to take down their Death Star," he said in a
statement on the Daily Wire website.
(Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Editing by Daniel Wallis)
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